Yusuf Ziya Pasha Explained

Yusuf Ziya
Honorific-Suffix:Pasha
Office1:Ottoman Ambassador to United States
Monarch1:Mehmed V
Term Start1:14 June 1910
Term End1:1914
Birth Date:1849
Birth Place:Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Istanbul (known in English at the time as Constantinople), Turkey
Nationality: (1849-1922)
(1922-1929)

Yusuf Ziya Pasha (1849 – 1929[1]), also known as Youssouf Zia Pacha, was an Ottoman politician and government minister, who was one of the figureheads of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP). He was the Ottoman ambassador to the United States from June 14, 1910 to 1914.[2] His residence was Perili Köşk in Constantinople (now Istanbul) (originally known as the Yusuf Ziya Pasha Mansion). The building currently houses the headquarters of Borusan and the Borusan Contemporary art museum.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yusuf Ziya Paşa (1849-1929). 29 June 2017.
  2. Book: American Statesman . 1914 . Youssouf Zia Pacha, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary . McSpadden. Joseph Walker.